St. Louis Cardinals (4-2) at Pittsburgh Pirates (4-4)

(4-2, 2-1 road)@(4-4, 0-3 home)

St. Louis Cardinals (4-2) at Pittsburgh Pirates (4-4)

First Meeting in 1948

April 27

Tuesday, April 27

St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 2

In his season debut, Joe Garagiola hit a two-run homer in the fifth to put St. Louis in the lead and then added a third RBI with a sacrifice fly the following inning. That alone was enough to beat Pittsburgh, who could only score two runs, both driven in by Ralph Kiner. The Cardinals did lose Whitey Kurowski to an injury and will expect to be without him for some time.

BOXSCORE: 1948 St. Louis Cardinals At 1948 Pittsburgh Pirates       4/27/1948
 
  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Dusak CF          4  0  0  0 .393     S.Rojek SS          3  2  1  0 .205  
  R.Schoendienst 2B   4  1  2  0 .200     F.Gustine 3B        4  0  2  0 .310  
  S.Musial RF         4  1  2  0 .387     R.Kiner LF          4  0  1  2 .325  
  E.Slaughter LF      4  0  0  0 .250     D.Walker RF         4  0  1  0 .229  
  W.Kurowski 3B       1  0  0  0 .263     W.Westlake CF       4  0  0  0 .357  
A-R.Lapointe PR,3B    1  1  0  0 .250     E.Stevens 1B        4  0  2  0 .333  
  N.Jones 1B          4  1  2  2 .368     D.Murtaugh 2B       4  0  0  0 .143  
  J.Garagiola C       3  1  1  3 .333     C.Kluttz C          3  0  0  0 .278  
  M.Marion SS         4  0  1  0 .231     E.Riddle P          3  0  0  0 .167  
  G.Munger P          4  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  5  8  5                 Totals      33  2  7  2
 
A-Pinch Ran For Kurowski In 6th Inning
 
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 2 3  0 0 0  -  5  8  0
Pirates......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  2  7  0
 
Cardinals (5-2)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
G.Munger WIN(2-0)         9       7   2   2   1   3   0   1.59  A1
Totals                    9       7   2   2   1   3   0
 
Pirates (4-5)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
E.Riddle LOSS(0-1)        9       8   5   5   1   6   1   5.94  A1
Totals                    9       8   5   5   1   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 22,787 DATE- Tuesday, April 27th 1948 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Babe Pinelli, Artie Gore, Scotty Robb, 
T- 1:52
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 4  Pirates: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 1  Pirates: 1
DOUBLES- R.Schoendienst(3rd), S.Musial(1st), N.Jones(2nd), F.Gustine(4th),
         E.Stevens(2nd)
TRIPLES- E.Stevens(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Garagiola(1st)
RBIs- N.Jones-2(3rd), J.Garagiola-3(3rd), R.Kiner-2(17th)
STOLEN BASES- S.Rojek-2(2nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Garagiola
WALKS- W.Kurowski, S.Rojek
HIT BY PITCH- W.Kurowski
STRIKE OUTS- E.Dusak-2, E.Slaughter, N.Jones, G.Munger-2, R.Kiner, E.Riddle-2
GIDP- N.Jones, D.Walker
RLISP 2-out- C.Kluttz, R.Kiner, W.Kurowski, D.Murtaugh, D.Walker
TEAM RISP- Cardinals: 2 for 6  Pirates: 2 for 9